Biblical names

Ribai ריבי

Ribai (ריבי) is a person named in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Ribai is found 103,160 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 24:33) — 1.6% above the 101,545 chance alone would give (probability of 103,160 or more by chance alone: 2.2 × 10⁻⁷).

Found in the Torah
103,160
Chance alone
101,545
P (≥ found)
2.2 × 10⁻⁷
Shortest skip
2

Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.

In the Torah

The Torah holds 103,160 sequences of ריבי at skips 2–5,000, 1.6% above what chance alone gives (about 101,545); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 2.2 × 10⁻⁷ by chance alone.

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 24:33, reading forward.

Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 1,030,375 sequences of ריבי, against about 1,058,085 from chance alone.

  • Genesis 33,605
  • Exodus 21,021
  • Leviticus 10,703
  • Numbers 19,985
  • Deuteronomy 17,846

The shortest skips

  1. Genesis 24:33בראשית כד:לגskip 2, forward

    ויישם לְפָנָיו לֶאֱכֹל וַיֹּאמֶר לֹא אֹכַל עַד אִם־דִּבַּרְתִּי דְּבָרָי וַיֹּאמֶר דַּבֵּֽר

    And there was set food before him to eat; but he said: ‘I will not eat, until I have told mine errand.’ And he said: ‘Speak on.’

    ריבי at skip 2, forward from Genesis 24:33עדאםדבתדרויאמרדבריבי
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 31,087Open in the laboratory →

  2. Genesis 46:9בראשית מו:טskip 2, forward

    וּבְנֵי רְאוּבֵן חֲנוֹךְ וּפַלּוּא וְחֶצְרוֹן וְכַרְמִֽי

    And the sons of Reuben: Hanoch, and Pallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.

    ריבי at skip 2, forward from Genesis 46:9צרוןוכמונשמעוןימריבי
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 70,730Open in the laboratory →

  3. Genesis 46:11בראשית מו:יאskip 2, forward

    וּבְנֵי לֵוִי גֵּרְשׁוֹן קְהָת וּמְרָרִֽי

    And the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

    ריבי at skip 2, forward from Genesis 46:11ןקהתומרוניהודהערריבי
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 70,796Open in the laboratory →

  4. Exodus 39:33שמות לט:לגskip 2, forward

    וַיָּבִיאוּ אֶת־הַמִּשְׁכָּן אֶל־מֹשֶׁה אֶת־הָאֹהֶל וְאֶת־כָּל־כֵּלָיו קְרָסָיו קְרָשָׁיו בריחו וְעַמֻּדָיו וַאֲדָנָֽיו

    And they brought the tabernacle unto Moses, the Tent, and all its furniture, its clasps, its boards, its bars, and its pillars, and its sockets;

    ריבי at skip 2, forward from Exodus 39:33קרסיוקשורחוועמדיריבי
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 139,490Open in the laboratory →

  5. Leviticus 17:12ויקרא יז:יבskip 2, forward

    עַל־כֵּן אָמַרְתִּי לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל כָּל־נֶפֶשׁ מִכֶּם לֹא־תֹאכַל דָּם וְהַגֵּר הַגָּר בְּתוֹכְכֶם לֹא־יֹאכַל דָּֽם

    Therefore I said unto the children of Israel: No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood.

    ריבי at skip 2, forward from Leviticus 17:12עלכןאמתלנישראלכלריבי
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 168,709Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

The whole Tanakh holds 490,197 sequences of ריבי at skips 2–5,000, 0.3% above what chance alone gives (about 488,733); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.02 by chance alone.

  • Genesis 33,605
  • Exodus 21,021
  • Leviticus 10,703
  • Numbers 19,985
  • Deuteronomy 19,400
  • Joshua 16,599
  • Judges 17,443
  • Samuel 35,305
  • Kings 46,162
  • Isaiah 28,434
  • Jeremiah 36,602
  • Ezekiel 29,381
  • The Twelve 25,176
  • Psalms 37,383
  • Proverbs 12,812
  • Job 14,270
  • Song of Songs 2,473
  • Ruth 2,125
  • Lamentations 2,585
  • Ecclesiastes 3,718
  • Esther 4,029
  • Daniel 8,244
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 17,136
  • Chronicles 45,606

Outside the Torah

  1. Joshua 8:17יהושע ח:יזskip 2, forward

    וְלֹֽא־נִשְׁאַר אִישׁ בָּעַי וּבֵית אֵל אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־יָצְאוּ אַחֲרֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיַּעַזְבוּ אֶת־הָעִיר פְּתוּחָה וַֽיִּרְדְּפוּ אַחֲרֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

    And there was not a man left in Ai or Beth-el, that went not out after Israel; and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.

    ריבי at skip 2, forward from Joshua 8:17ולאנשאאשעוביתאלאריבי
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 316,319Open in the laboratory →

  2. Judges 7:3שופטים ז:גskip 2, forward

    וְעַתָּה קְרָא נָא בְּאָזְנֵי הָעָם לֵאמֹר מִֽי־יָרֵא וְחָרֵד יָשֹׁב וְיִצְפֹּר מֵהַר הַגִּלְעָד וַיָּשָׁב מִן־הָעָם עֶשְׂרִים וּשְׁנַיִם אֶלֶף וַעֲשֶׂרֶת אֲלָפִים נִשְׁאָֽרוּ

    Now therefore make proclamation in the ears of the people, saying: Whosoever is fearful and trembling, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead.’ And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand.

    ריבי at skip 2, forward from Judges 7:3ייראוחדשוצפרמהרהריבי
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 355,939Open in the laboratory →

  3. 2 Samuel 4:2שמואל ב ד:בskip 2, forward

    וּשְׁנֵי אֲנָשִׁים שָׂרֵֽי־גְדוּדִים הָיוּ בֶן־שָׁאוּל שֵׁם הָאֶחָד בַּֽעֲנָה וְשֵׁם הַשֵּׁנִי רֵכָב בְּנֵי רִמּוֹן הַבְּאֶֽרֹתִי מִבְּנֵי בִנְיָמִן כִּי גַּם־בְּאֵרוֹת תֵּחָשֵׁב עַל־בִּנְיָמִֽן

    And Saul’s son had two men that were captains of bands; the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin; for Beeroth also is reckoned to Benjamin;

    ריבי at skip 2, forward from 2 Samuel 4:2מוןהבאתמנבנימןכיריבי
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 440,964Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

ריבי — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as ריבי, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 222.

As a plain word it stands 10 times in the Tanakh, first at 1 Samuel 24:16. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Is Ribai in the Bible code?

The Torah holds 103,160 sequences of ריבי at skips 2–5,000, 1.6% above what chance alone gives (about 101,545); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 2.2 × 10⁻⁷ by chance alone.

What is the shortest skip for Ribai in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 24:33 — the shortest of 103,160 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 101,545.

How is Ribai spelled in Hebrew?

Ribai is spelled ריבי — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 222.

Is Ribai in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

The whole Tanakh holds 490,197 sequences of ריבי at skips 2–5,000, 0.3% above what chance alone gives (about 488,733); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.02 by chance alone.

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